Method of and means for packing thin fabrics to prevent wrinkling thereof



- E A. LEE METHOD OF AND MEANS FOR PACKING THIN FAB Feb. '4, 1930.

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TO PREVENT WRINKLING THEREOF Filed Oct. 25, 192

A TTORNEYS? Patented Feb. 4,1930 i b p v i p EDwIlif AhLEE qj;PHiLADELPI-EIA;PENNsiZLVANIA r Memo]; wiivbnmimaojg 140 m: THIN FABRId's To PREVENT WRINKIQING Y "Q i 'I'I-IEREOF i i Application nlied- ;Qc tober2 3, 1928, Serial no, e14,417.f .f1

My invention relates to a new andfuseful that the various instrumenta'lities of which method of and means-ior packing' articles I my invention-consists can be variouslyarofm-erchandise'to prevent thefor nat-ion of ranged and organized and that-my invention Wrinkles therein; and more particularly to is not limited to the'pre ci'se arrangement and V means for preventing the wrinkling of such organization-of the instrumentalitiesi as here'- articles as'hos'iery and the like when'the lat in shown and described; l e

Vter'are foldedandfpacked in the usual' man- 1h the drawings" a j 1, 1 a

nerg; 1 {v fFigure 1, represents a plan view ofthe Itis the'practice'inpackingstockings'and cardboard, spacer detachedembodying' my delicate articles; such 'ashosiery and thelike, invention, t Y v I 1 a for shipment;- to place the desirednumber' Figure2, represents a perspective view of of folded stockings or'other similanarticlesa box co-ntaining'stockingsand provided'with Q in-a box; said' stockingsbeing usually my novel cardboard spacer interposed. bew'rappel in ordinary tissuepaper, When a vtween"ea'ch'pair of stockings or the like. y 15' box containing a number ofstockings is ha'n- Z'Fig'u're'3, represents a se'ctiono'nline 3+3 '5"" dled in-shipmentand-in stock; the stockings of Figure 1;}; V f v i contained therein. are liable *to' wrinkle and 'Refer'ringfto the drawings, inwh-ich' Simiu'j "g'et out of shape when the box is seton its lar numerals ofreference' indicate, -correvertical edge, is droppedyor' is otherwise sponding'parts; 1 designates my'nov el spacer; zonroughly' handledor: maintained in anyfbut comprising a sheet ofcardboard orQthe likethe" horizontal position. This wrinkling-of having a hody'Q, provided withthe'transverse the stockings destroys-their ffresh appear-- spacedcreases'oriribs'fi positionedon'oppoance andvgi ve's them the appearance of being e site sides thereof; 'de'si'gnatefs a bo er-eons '1 Ql yhandlediand generally-detracts tainer;ofanyconventionalconstruction-haw 25; fromutheir initial httractive' appearance and .ing the-bottom 5, side walls '6, and top 'orllicl salability. i 7whichjmaybehinged,at theri-ght'halid'iedge It is therefore the object of my invention ifvdesired'." 8,9 and l0 designate lower,- interto provide meansffor packing any desired m'ediatefandupper stockings'or fp airs'therenumber of stockings or similar articles in 'a'-- of respectiv'elyfolded andpla'ced flat within sogbox, whereby said stockings are retained in said box.) Between the-lowermost. pair "of 30 7 their original conditioner appearancel and stockings and the "intermediatepair' of prevented from wrinkling regardless ofxthe stockings 9,'"iand between the intermediate position of the box in whichthey are conpair of stockings, 9 andthe-upper pair 101I tai-ned or the manner'in which said boxis' place spacerscollocated}asfwil-Lbeyunder 5 1 and1 1 v a v ustood from Figure- 2. 'lf' de'siredor 'fqund 5 I e -To the above ends my invention consists of 'necessaryI mayjtlsoplace a'spa cer 1 in the 7 an especially designed corrugated, wrinkled, bottom of the'boz g that-is, below the loweror roughened spacer .or partition such as a 'pairof stockings, 8;fand;another atthe top sheet of cardboardor the like, whichwhen of the box,1fthat-isy above' the-pair ofstbck- 40..jins'erted between eachv successive pair of 'ings 1OJi w 1; 1 1x stockings contained in a box will protect the It. :.-w-i1l i'urther be' seen that' while'the latter against wrinkling by the engagement creases orI corrugated ribs" 3, formed inth'e of the folded stockings with the contiguous body of the spacer ljproject'sutficientlyjie g roughened wall of 'saidcardboardv spacen engagejthe fabric f'th e stocking-to prevent; 7 45,; For the purpose of illustrating my invenwrinkling; said'fribslgare neyerth'eless 'fnote5 v 7 tion I have shown inthe accompanying draw sharp orjcough enough ing'anyway to 61 V 1 r ings one form thereof which is at present damage the fabric.fc'Theinclined" -walls 1F upreferred by me, since the same hasibeen formed between the successive reversed v found in practiceto give satisfactory and recreases 'f3 serve ,as yielding. bearings? or 'pressowliabl-e results, although it is to. be understood sure members which apply a certain amount loo of slight squeezing pressure to the contiguous stocking, so that the pressure or supporting effect is distributed uniformly throughout the area of the entire stocking.

Vhen the stockings are thus packed in the box and interspersed with the novel spacers 1 shown in Figure 1 the creases or ribs 3 on the opposite surfaces of said spacers engage the adjacent, contiguous walls or surfaces of the folded stockings 8', 9-, and 1-0, so-

that when the box 4 is shaken, dropped, stood on-edge orotherwise roughly handled said stockings are retained by the contiguous roughened surfaces of the spacershand are prevented from wrinkling or from otherwisebecoming displaced thereby enabling the stockings or other articles constantly to retain theirnormal, properly folded condition,

' and to preserve their fresh and neat appearancewhen ultimatel at retail stores.

There is great need in thehosiery business for meansv which would preserve the sheer,

thinly woven stockings in a neat,.smooth-fold ed condition and to the above ends various expedients have been resorted to, but heretofore no adequate means for attaining this object have been devised. 7

It will be seen that-by this novel method. of packing vthinly woven, sheer stockings or other similar fabrics in a box'or container, such stockings or fabrics are alwaysmaintained in their proper folded position and are positively protected from any danger of slipping and wrinkling withthe consequent attendant disadvantages; j

While I have described the spacer sheet 1 as being preferably ofr cardboa-rd, it may be of any other suitable material and while thecreases seen in Figure 1 are shown as being preferably arranged in parallelism- Orin-horizontal alignment, they can be otherwise disposed,- as it isonly necessary that the opposite surfaces of the spacer 1 be provided Withridges, corrugations, or the like substantially as seen. in Figure 3- so that a single spacer can function with respect to apair of stock ings OIIBltllGI side thereof, to retain them in a fiat and unwrinkled condition as they appeared when initially packed." The creasesor'ribs 3 with their coacting inclined Walls are-formed by any suitable pressing or stamp ing. means, which preferably does not sever thespac'er body, but leaves the inclined trans verse bars or walls and ribs substantially as seen in Figure 3. The bars 11, of, the: spacers preferably extend transversely to the length of the hosiery.

VVhileI have described my invention asxpai ticu-larly applicable to packing hosiery, it is equally applicable. to packingother' thin delicate f abrics as handkerchie'fs, rayon under wear and the like,

I am aware that the-invention may be'ein A bog-liedin other specific-forms without de;

y presented to purchasersparting from the spirit or essential attributes pressed therefrom, said ribs being joined to said body sheet by inclined; bars, causing a slight tension to beexerted at intervals on the contiguous textile articles.

2. Means for preventing hosiery from:

wrinkling, comprising a container, pairs of stockings therein, and a spacer centlguous to each stocking, said spacer beingprovided with transverse resilient ribs projecting from the opposite surface thereof. contiguous to, 'the fabric of the juxtaposedvstockingy said ribs beingjoined to said spacer sheet by in? clined integral bars which cause said ribs frlctionally to engage at intervals the contiguous fabric. t V

3. A spacer for preventingipackedi textile articles from wrinkling and; displacement, which comprises body sheet; having'transverse oppositely disposed. parallel. resilient ribs pressed therefrom, said ribsbeingjo'ined tosaid body sheet by inclined bars thereby causing a slight tension: to be exerted at interva-ls on the contiguous textile articles, the parallel surfaces-between each pairof resilient ribs being smooth and unbroken.

V V EDWIN AULEE. 

